Supply Chain Product Development

Biju Ninan

Cupertino, CA 408-***-**** ******@*********.*** www.linkedin.com/in/bijuninan

Senior Leadership roles

Dynamic Engineering and Operations leader with proven success in managing multi-million-dollar projects, optimizing supply chains, and driving innovation through patent-pending technologies. Expertise in NPI, strategic planning, and cross-functional team leadership, delivering measurable revenue growth and cost savings. Adept at fostering customer relationships, ensuring operational excellence, and aligning engineering solutions with business goals in both Fortune 100 and startup environments.

Select Career Highlights

Manage multi-million dollar P&L MEMS Fab manufacturing & operations which include 70 resources and having oversight over EHS, Quality, Productivity, Maintenance, Facilities, Planning and Cost.

Managed $20 million project related to supply chain capex and materials budget during NPI and product development phases and reduced product cost by leveraging GSM, sourcing and supplier negotiations and material and risk management as well as reduced capital expense by $2 million during product EOL process.

10 years of customer relationship management across Asia and US with account management and problem-solving experience managing multi-million dollar projects both tactical and strategic.

Developed a patent pending product technology to expand product application and capability thereby increasing revenue by 60% within 3 years.

Successfully managed projects as application Engineer in a customer-facing role, manufacturing and operations across two companies including both Fortune 100 organizations as well as startup organization.

Key Skills

NPI and Supply Chain Management Product and Customer Management Program and Product Management Vendor Management Strategic Planning & Innovative Leadership Regulatory Compliance initiatives Quality and Reliability Improvement New Product Introduction and Launch Material Sourcing/Procurement/SOW Engineering and Change Management Project Management Product Development Life Cycle Budgeting and Risk management Account Management / Pre-sales

Professional Experience

TE Connectivity September 2023 - Present

Fab Manager

Manage a multi-million-dollar mems fab operation with following organization reporting which includes EHS, quality, operations, production, maintenance and panning as well as finance.

Continue to drive safety awareness and culture within the organization of more than 70 members.

Support various product pipelines through the line to meet customer demands and timeline.

Drive and monitor fab KPIs and manage key customers.

Improve overall fab availability, utilization and yield.

Ensure quality programs are implemented.

Manage P&L for the factory and ensuring each team monitor production and operations KPI, control cost and improve inventory.

Align goals and objectives from corporate to supporting teams.

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APPLIED MATERIALS – Product Line Manager / Sr. Project Manager (Santa Clara, CA) June 2016 - September 2023

Enabled customer readiness for new products during product life cycle for product serviceability and support by working with various functional teams in the organization to ensure all aspects of service and support.

Created service cost and cost of ownership models for various products to ensure product competitiveness and improve SAM (service available market share)

Managed installed Base projects to ensure accuracy and availability of data for various use cases in the service organization.

Managed multiple high value strategic programs to create scalable systems, solutions and processes working closely with various functional groups and stakeholders towards a common goal of improving AGS Service and spares marketability and operations with projects like Market Segmentation, FabVantage360 and Customer Success Metrics for Field service organization as well as Change Management.

Develop and execute project plans by understanding the business and functional requirements to provide the right solutions while employing project management strategies.

Managed offshore team to develop dashboard products to support organizational goals and KPI’s and track project budget

Intel Corporation September 2014 - 2015

Material Program Manager

Managed $20M Supply Chain budget as well as Planned, aligned and executed supply chain activities, including supplier/material/risk assessment, material/BOM readiness from NPI to HVM as well as EOL phases for key products. Managed sourcing, Capex and Material procurement, and developing program Statement of Work (SOW) with CMs and ODMs for service contracts.

Leveraged knowledge of forecast demand to effectively manage various product lines with multiple CMs. Ensured pipeline capacity based on supplier’s LT and managed ACO and ECO change management process and communications and utilized SAP and PDM tools to manage BOM, material procurement and cost analysis.

Negotiated agreement, pricing and sourcing with suppliers for various commodity-managed materials to ensure competitive BOM costing as well as managed quality and delivery aspects. Interfaced with appropriate GSM for long-term solutions.

Worked cross-functionally with various teams including Module, IC, PCB, Quality, Ecology, Regulatory and Business system integrators, manufacturing operations team to ensure material BOM readiness. Supported consigned and TK efforts from NPI to Production qualification process.

Partnered with various stakeholders including ecology, regulatory, management, and vendors, and led and completed various quality action notices (QAN) to improve supply chain efficiency and readiness.

Provided strategic direction to drive the delivery of key programs and products through the PLC phases.

Operations Manager 2011 - 2014

Managed a module team of 14 direct reports in one of the most advanced manufacturing FABs in the world and drove operational excellence for two key technology product ramps and sustainability via optimal system uptime and productivity in 4 different modules.

Managed and developed effective team using MBO and key deliverables for the module and Fab operations.

Worked cross-functionally with internal teams to manage Fab operations, project scope and success criteria.

Drove resolution of technical and quality issues utilizing specialized tools including SQL, JMP, TAG, REV, and SPC.

Managed productivity improvement proactively and reduced excursions, identified root cause, and measured various parameters to improve product yield by controlling individual module performances and KPI’s.

Tracked and controlled system parameters using SPC and diagnostic tools as well as PM management tools, SPECS, QEFs, DRB and MRB protocols to ensure the highest product quality reliability and cost control.

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Additional Relevant Experience

Tango Systems

Product/ Project Manager

Applied Materials

Technical Program Manager/ Supply Chain Management

Technical Account Manager / Process Engineer (Manufacturing/ Operations)

Manufacturing Technologist

California Microwave

Quality and Reliability Engineer - RF systems

Education

Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering

University of Houston, Houston, TX

Patents / Publications

2012/0024,694

2010/0080,928

2010/0078,312

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